2020 presidential election results
Biden 306, Trump 232
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. In the popular vote Biden received 81,283,501 votes (51.31%) and Trump 74,223,975 (46.85%), a margin of 7,059,526 votes, or 4.46 points. Biden carried 26 of the 51 contests (50 states and DC). The result turned on 4 states: a shift of 61,739 votes across Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania would have changed the winner.
- 306electoral votes, Biden
- 232electoral votes, Trump
- 4.46points, popular-vote margin
- 0.24%closest state: Georgia
2020 election results map
winner by state- 6 states voted differently in 2024: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. See the 2024 results.
- The five closest states: Georgia (Biden by 0.24%), Arizona (Biden by 0.31%), Wisconsin (Biden by 0.63%), Pennsylvania (Biden by 1.16%), North Carolina (Trump by 1.35%).
- The widest margins: District of Columbia (Biden by 86.8%), Wyoming (Trump by 43.4%), West Virginia (Trump by 38.9%).
- Maine split its electoral votes: Biden 3, Trump 1 (ME-1 Biden, ME-2 Trump).
- Nebraska split its electoral votes: Biden 1, Trump 4 (NE-1 Trump, NE-2 Biden, NE-3 Trump).
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Popular vote and electoral votes
158,429,631 votes cast for president| Candidate | Votes | % | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden D | 81,283,501 | 51.31 | 306 |
| Donald Trump R | 74,223,975 | 46.85 | 232 |
| Others | 2,922,155 | 1.84 | 0 |
Percentages are shares of all votes cast for president. "Others" combines every other candidate and write-ins.
2020 results by state
closest first| State | Biden | Trump | Margin | Vote gap | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 49.47% | 49.24% | D+0.24 | 11,779 | D 16 |
| Arizona | 49.36% | 49.06% | D+0.31 | 10,457 | D 11 |
| Wisconsin | 49.45% | 48.82% | D+0.63 | 20,682 | D 10 |
| Pennsylvania | 49.85% | 48.69% | D+1.16 | 80,555 | D 20 |
| North Carolina | 48.59% | 49.93% | R+1.35 | 74,483 | R 15 |
| Nevada | 50.06% | 47.67% | D+2.39 | 33,596 | D 6 |
| Michigan | 50.62% | 47.84% | D+2.78 | 154,188 | D 16 |
| Florida | 47.86% | 51.22% | R+3.36 | 371,686 | R 29 |
| Texas | 46.48% | 52.06% | R+5.58 | 631,221 | R 38 |
| Minnesota | 52.40% | 45.28% | D+7.11 | 233,012 | D 10 |
| New Hampshire | 52.71% | 45.36% | D+7.35 | 59,277 | D 4 |
| Ohio | 45.24% | 53.27% | R+8.03 | 475,669 | R 18 |
| Iowa | 44.89% | 53.09% | R+8.20 | 138,611 | R 6 |
| Maine | 53.09% | 44.02% | D+9.07 | 74,335 | D 3 · R 1 |
| Alaska | 42.77% | 52.83% | R+10.06 | 36,173 | R 3 |
| Virginia | 54.11% | 44.00% | D+10.11 | 451,138 | D 13 |
| New Mexico | 54.29% | 43.50% | D+10.79 | 99,720 | D 5 |
| South Carolina | 43.43% | 55.11% | R+11.68 | 293,562 | R 9 |
| Colorado | 55.40% | 41.90% | D+13.50 | 439,745 | D 9 |
| Kansas | 41.51% | 56.14% | R+14.64 | 201,083 | R 6 |
| Missouri | 41.41% | 56.80% | R+15.39 | 465,722 | R 10 |
| New Jersey | 57.33% | 41.40% | D+15.94 | 725,087 | D 14 |
| Indiana | 40.96% | 57.03% | R+16.07 | 487,359 | R 11 |
| Oregon | 56.45% | 40.37% | D+16.09 | 381,935 | D 7 |
| Montana | 40.55% | 56.92% | R+16.37 | 98,816 | R 3 |
| Mississippi | 41.06% | 57.60% | R+16.55 | 217,366 | R 6 |
| Illinois | 57.54% | 40.55% | D+16.99 | 1,025,024 | D 20 |
| Louisiana | 39.85% | 58.46% | R+18.61 | 399,742 | R 8 |
| Delaware | 58.74% | 39.77% | D+18.97 | 95,665 | D 3 |
| Nebraska | 39.17% | 58.22% | R+19.06 | 182,263 | D 1 · R 4 |
| Washington | 57.97% | 38.77% | D+19.20 | 784,961 | D 12 |
| Connecticut | 59.26% | 39.19% | D+20.07 | 366,114 | D 7 |
| Utah | 37.65% | 58.13% | R+20.48 | 304,858 | R 6 |
| Rhode Island | 59.39% | 38.61% | D+20.77 | 107,564 | D 4 |
| New York | 60.87% | 37.74% | D+23.13 | 1,992,889 | D 29 |
| Tennessee | 37.45% | 60.66% | R+23.21 | 708,764 | R 11 |
| Alabama | 36.57% | 62.03% | R+25.46 | 591,546 | R 9 |
| Kentucky | 36.15% | 62.09% | R+25.94 | 554,172 | R 8 |
| South Dakota | 35.61% | 61.77% | R+26.16 | 110,572 | R 3 |
| Arkansas | 34.78% | 62.40% | R+27.62 | 336,715 | R 6 |
| California | 63.48% | 34.32% | D+29.16 | 5,104,121 | D 55 |
| Hawaii | 63.73% | 34.27% | D+29.46 | 169,266 | D 4 |
| Idaho | 33.07% | 63.84% | R+30.77 | 267,098 | R 4 |
| Oklahoma | 32.29% | 65.37% | R+33.09 | 516,390 | R 7 |
| Maryland | 65.36% | 32.15% | D+33.21 | 1,008,609 | D 10 |
| North Dakota | 31.78% | 65.12% | R+33.34 | 120,709 | R 3 |
| Massachusetts | 65.60% | 32.14% | D+33.46 | 1,215,000 | D 11 |
| Vermont | 66.09% | 30.67% | D+35.41 | 130,116 | D 3 |
| West Virginia | 29.69% | 68.62% | R+38.93 | 309,398 | R 5 |
| Wyoming | 26.55% | 69.94% | R+43.38 | 120,068 | R 3 |
| District of Columbia | 92.15% | 5.40% | D+86.75 | 298,737 | D 3 |
Each state links to its 2026 midterm page (House, Senate and governor results).
Sources: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2020: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives (Table 2, electoral and popular vote) ↗ (licence Public domain (US government work)); Wikipedia, 2020 United States presidential election: results by state (Maine and Nebraska congressional-district votes only) ↗ (licence CC BY-SA 4.0). Download the data (CSV); free to reuse with a link to sondagio.com and the official source.